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Congress Grills HHS on Hospice Program Integrity

Hospice News

Numerous reports of these unethical or illegal practices have emerged since 2021, with the majority centered in four states: California, Texas, Nevada and Arizona. Secretary, as you’re aware, I raised this issue with you a year ago at our last budget hearing, and somehow here we are, again, dealing with the same problems.”

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It’s back to school with final rules

Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

Additionally, we received press releases related to CMS Acts to Improve the Safety and Quality of Care of the Nation’s Nursing Homes and CMS Seeks Public Feedback to Improve Medicare Advantage. Medicare: In 2021, Medicare covered 63.8 In 2021, 0.6% million people: 55.8 million aged 65 and older, and 8 million disabled.

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Breaking news I want to hear

The World According to Dr. El

The nursing home business has never been easy, but since the pandemic, it’s been vastly more difficult, with facility closures, large numbers of staff members departing, and new recruits hard to come by. CMS mandates Chief Experience Officer position for all LTC homes”. Community rallies to save local nursing home”.

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Nurses caring for people in a social care setting

Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

As we move to a more integrated health and social care system in the UK 3 , social care nurses have a pivotal role to play and are ideally placed to lead and implement change specifically within the nursing/care home sector. Nursing Times, 22nd May 2019. The Queen’s Nursing Institute (2021) Care Home Nurse.

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Nursing Work Environments: A Brief Guide

Nurse.com

Recently, nurses have navigated their careers through a global pandemic, a travel nursing boom, supply issues, and continue to face an ongoing nursing shortage. Nearly 30% of nurses considered leaving the profession in 2021, compared to 11% in 2020, according to Nurse.com’s 2022 Nurse Salary Research Report.

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New California Law Imposes Moratorium on New Hospice Licenses

Hospice Law Blog

On October 4, 2021, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed California bill SB-664 “Hospice licensure: moratorium on new licenses” (the “ Bill ”) into law. According the legislative history, supporters of the Bill include California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform (“ CANHR ”). Stay tuned!

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Antipsychotic medication reduction and the severely mentally ill population

The World According to Dr. El

empty beds), that number will likely be higher once the 2021 data comes in. creates a SNF wave ”), these residents generally arrive at nursing homes following a health crisis but are frequently difficult to discharge even after they’re medically stable, due to the need to manage concomitant medical and mental health problems.